TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract The organization of events in public spaces in the cities of Oporto, Vila Nova de Gaia (both in Portugal), and Barcelona (Spain) led us to propose a classification of thematic cities. The conclusions are the result of social representations of organizers and sponsors in the three cities and, thus, it is a qualitative study carried out in research Ph.D. in Sociology at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Oporto. We propose the presentation of some events organized in three public spaces – Aliados Avenue in Oporto, Cais de Gaia’s waterfront in Vila Nova de Gaia, and Ramblas in Barcelona – to make its framing in terms of objectives, motivations, and public. We also appealed to the social representations of interviewees to evaluate the quality and structure of public spaces in the two cities in the metropolitan area of Oporto in comparison with the Catalan city. Finally, we propose the typification of the three cities according to the features presented throughout the chapter.
VL  - 15
SN  - 978-1-78635-463-1, 978-1-78635-464-8/1047-0042
DO  - 10.1108/S1047-004220160000015007
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1047-004220160000015007
AU  - da Cruz Fernando Manuel Rocha
PY  - 2016
Y1  - 2016/01/01
TI  - Typifying the Thematic Cities: Study of the Events Organized in Public Spaces in the Cities of Oporto, Vila Nova de Gaia and Barcelona
T2  - Public Spaces: Times of Crisis and Change
T3  - Research in Urban Sociology
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 143
EP  - 168
Y2  - 2024/04/16
ER  -